Nokhian ancestrality setting and scenario can look similar to other ancient or medieval fantasy settings at first, but some core concepts and logic works different, so to understand some points of the narrative, a list of things to take into consideration:
1- Don't always take the narrative at face value, the narration reflects reflects the knowledge and current understanding of the world of the characters portrayed, but their interpretation of the complete story can be wrong. Sometimes I play on the vague and ambiguous and the mystery of what's actually came to past. While there's a complete truth and not open to subjective interpretation, it's hidden among the several myths and stories.
2 - The Nokhian people aren't natives of the world they stand in. Before they colonize, there was what they'd eventually call the Dragons and the Demiurges, among other non-human beings. The Dragons refer to any of the draconic races, which it's often inspired by dinosaurs or big reptiles/amphibians than actual fantasy dragons. And the Demiurges refer to the godly eldritch beings that influence the world in very deep but often in unseen ways, but they're not seen as a divine authority by those who worship the Nokhian ancient gods.
3 - To Nokhians, there's not a fundamental difference between martial arts, dance or sports, there's a technical difference sometimes, but for them it's all fundamentally the same. But the word 'dance' might have a different meaning when in certain contexts, as it can mean romantic relationship or how someone would 'romance'.
4 - All of the cultures in the story are completely fictional, and while sometimes I do take some real world inspirations for the aesthetic or names, they're not meant, in any way, shape or form, directly or even indirectly represent or reflect any real world culture or nation.
5 - The small stories have multiple sequence chapters, but outside of that, there's no specific sequence to read the stories.
6 - This is more of a worldbuilding narration for my own enjoyment, so there's isn't character or story development as you'd expect from a actual novel.
7- The Nokhian empire is governed by the temple tribunal, and the nobility take a second place in the hierarchy.
8 - The Nokhians are a human race, but not a ordinary one, their bodies are deeply connected to their bodies in ways they don't even quite understand, and they have a lot of hidden characteristics that sometimes are unlocked through means of deep (but not necessarily intense) emotions, especially devotion. This natural connection between spirit and body and ancestral hidden characteristics sometimes make their bodies naturally mutate or develop diverse characteristics like horns, other skin colors, different sizes, claws, different bone formations, the list goes on.